Kellogg’s workers win big raises after spate of strikes – By Josh Funk (Associated Press) / March 30, 2022
Omaha, Neb. — Several hundred workers at a Kellogg’s plant that makes Cheez-Its won a new contract that delivers more than 15% wage increases over three years after 1,400 workers at the company’s cereal plants went on strike for nearly three months last fall.
The wage and benefits improvements that 570 workers at the Kellogg’s plant secured this week are the largest that have been seen by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, it said Wednesday.
U.S. companies are struggling to fill the more than 11 million job openings across the country that represent nearly two openings for everyone unemployed, and workers are demanding more after keeping plants operating throughout the pandemic.
Job openings hovered at a near-record high for the second consecutive month in February, the Labor Department reported this week.
